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ChrisEnglandDec 18, 2024, 8:19 AM2024-12-18positive99%

Just finished, incredible. Couldn't be more delighted. Besides the themed clues being works of art, I'd like to thank the constructor for 'morel support'. I think I'm in love.

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ChrisEnglandDec 18, 2024, 8:07 AM2024-12-18negative38%

I just got 18 and 20 across and I'm SO IMPRESSED. I filled 18 (thanks, A-level biology) and said 'Really?! No way!' out loud, and confirmed the theme with 20. This is surely a hall-of-famer.

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ChrisEnglandFeb 16, 2025, 2:25 PM2025-02-16neutral70%

Funny how dialect changes the syllables in a word. I suppose 'squirreled' would be one syllable if you say it 'skwurled', but in England it's pronounced 'squi-rrelled'. I spent a long time trying to find a single-syllable longer than 6 letters in the grid!

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ChrisEnglandNov 24, 2024, 10:59 PM2024-11-24negative88%

Completely mental considering the title isn't anywhere obvious on mobile. Would have been very enjoyable otherwise. Poor show

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ChrisEnglandDec 15, 2024, 1:56 PM2024-12-15negative80%

And if we don't know about unchecked letters? Never seen anything like this in the NYT crossword or any other, so I didn't know it was possible. I got the painters and understood what was going on, but because I was trying to fit everything into the grid with crossings like every other NYT crossword I've ever done, I couldn't make it work. Disappointing and frustrating.

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ChrisEnglandDec 15, 2024, 2:14 PM2024-12-15negative59%

@Someone the constructor was so desperate to 'add some diversity to the puzzle' that they sacrificed the quality and enjoyment of the final product? That sounds pretty much exactly right for the current cultural moment

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ChrisEnglandApr 25, 2025, 10:02 AM2025-04-25neutral48%

Nobody says 'carbo loads' Nobody says 'on A par' either Skinny meaning inside info is mental, I'm curious about how many people are familiar with that one Speed traps was brilliant

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ChrisEnglandFeb 6, 2025, 4:12 PM2025-02-06neutral60%

@Vernon yeah let's just stay with seventeen baseball related clues in every puzzle shall we, that's far more inclusive

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ChrisEnglandFeb 6, 2025, 9:50 AM2025-02-06positive98%

Great fun for all your non-yank readers out there

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ChrisEnglandFeb 16, 2025, 2:29 PM2025-02-16negative52%

@George spare a thought for the Brits who have to regularly Americanise their thinking to get through puzzles

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ChrisEnglandDec 1, 2024, 4:20 PM2024-12-01neutral89%

Can someone explain ETAS? In the cellphone lot? As in among users of cellphones?

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ChrisEnglandFeb 16, 2025, 3:09 PM2025-02-16neutral81%

@Paul Turner yeah it's easy to see how in rhotic dialects the 'smudging' happens very naturally. I'm now interested about whether people who speak rhotic dialects in the UK, like West Country or Irish, pronounce it more like skwurl.

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